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Im montenegrinischen Podgorica tagt ein brisanter EU‑Westbalkan‑Gipfel zur Erweiterung; Frankreich und Deutschland dringen auf einen schrittweisen Kurs. Euronews‑Redakteurin Maria Tadeo spricht dort exklusiv mit EU‑Ratspräsident António Costa.
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Im montenegrinischen Podgorica tagt ein brisanter EU‑Westbalkan‑Gipfel zur Erweiterung; Frankreich und Deutschland dringen auf einen schrittweisen Kurs. Euronews‑Redakteurin Maria Tadeo spricht dort exklusiv mit EU‑Ratspräsident António Costa.
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02:36Wir werden uns überlegen, dass wir drei Kapitel in den Albanien-Negocitäten geschlossen werden.
02:39Wir werden überlegen, neue Proposal, um zu accelerieren, diesen Prozess zu verhindern,
02:46diese Idee, dass wir nicht so gut gehen, weil es nicht die Realität ist.
02:52Aber es ist sehr wichtig, die Vertrauen in die Europäische Union zu erhöhen,
02:57und auch die Motivation in den Städten zu werden,
03:00um zu beherrachten, dass wir weitergehen und wir wollen über diesen Prozess zu verhindern.
03:06Und du hast Montenegro erwähnt.
03:07Wir haben natürlich in den Straßen, in dieser schöne Stadt,
03:10und sie sagen, es ist 28x28.
03:13Sie glauben, dass sie diese Red Line aufzunehmen.
03:15Ist das der Fall, wenn du deine Konversationen über die Woche überlegen?
03:18Sie sind sehr gut.
03:21Jetzt ist es möglich, dass es halb der Kapitel vor dem Sommer zu close.
03:25Und dann haben wir drei sehr schwierige Monate,
03:30um zu Ende dieses Jahr zu close.
03:33Und natürlich, in 2027, in der ersten Halbzeit des Jahres,
03:38wir sind mehr auf die Elektoren in verschiedenen Ländern.
03:43Aber für sicherlich, in der zweiten Teil des Jahres,
03:45können wir wieder auf dieses Thema zurückkommen.
03:48Und wenn alles so ist, ist okay, wird es möglich.
03:53Es ist nicht unmöglich, die 28th Mitglied des Jahres in 2028.
03:58Und, Präsident, einige würden sagen,
04:00weil die Erlangehung jetzt noch braucht und du sagst,
04:02es ist ein geopolitanisches Imperativ.
04:05Manche sagen, dass der Zeit, dass die Zeit wirklich zu denken,
04:07außerhalb der Box kommt.
04:10Erlangehung wird über die Mehrheit.
04:11Aber vielleicht ist es Zeit,
04:13um die Lösungen zu schauen, als eine Rückwärtsinandersetzung.
04:15Vielleicht ein Schritt-by-Schritt,
04:17die Rückwärtsinandersetzung wurde.
04:19Es gibt die Idee, dass wir ohne eine Veto zu sein.
04:21Was denken außerhalb der Box für Sie?
04:23Ja, da sind verschiedene Dinge.
04:24Erstens, der Prozess ist merit-basiert,
04:28und wird immer merit-basiert.
04:31Die andere Sache ist es,
04:32um die Procedungen zu simplifieren.
04:34Vielleicht können wir die Momenten,
04:37wenn wir die Entscheidungen machen.
04:38So streamline es.
04:39So streamline es.
04:40Das ist eine Sache.
04:41Die andere Sache,
04:42finally, ist die Transitioner Period.
04:46Wir lernen aus dem vorherigen Prozess,
04:48dass wir immer wieder
04:50die Transitionen auf die Politik
04:54wie die Wirtschaft,
04:56die Freiheit der Bewegung,
04:58und so weiter.
04:59Und jetzt,
05:00weil wir über eine sehr Herausforderung
05:04über die Erlangehung,
05:05vielleicht brauchen wir auch
05:06die Transitionen auf die
05:08Institutionen.
05:09Aber es ist wichtig,
05:11zu diskutieren.
05:13Aber es ist wichtig,
05:15dass, zum Beispiel,
05:16Präsident Vucic und
05:17Prime Minister Rama
05:18kamen,
05:19einige Monate vorhin,
05:21vorhin,
05:22vorhin,
05:23vorhin,
05:24vorhin,
05:25vorhin,
05:26vorhin,
05:26vorhin,
05:27vorhin,
05:27vorhin,
05:28vorhin,
05:29vorhin,
05:29vorhin,
05:30vorhin,
05:30vorhin,
05:32vorhin,
05:33vorhin,
05:34vorhin,
05:35vorhin,
05:36vorhin,
05:37vorhin,
05:37diese Erlangehung.
05:38Das sagt mir,
05:39dass es ein Appetite
05:41für verschiedene Lösungenen
05:43gibt. Ist
05:44das etwas, das
05:45Sie auch fühlen? Vielleicht
05:47ist es noch eine
05:48Zelle noch, aber,
05:49letztendlich, das ist
05:50eine Direktion der Reise. Das Erlangehung
05:52wird beherrscht. All
05:52diese Diskussion über die
05:54Erlangehung,
05:55über die Erlangehung,
05:56über die Transitionen, über die
05:59die Erlangehung,
06:00unsere Regeln
06:01zu arbeiten.
06:02All das zeigt,
06:03unsere Ambitung
06:04der Erlangehung
06:06der Erlangehung
06:06wie möglich
06:07in dieser Erlangehung.
06:09Dies zeigt,
06:10die Erlangehung
06:13der Mitgliedstaaten
06:14und auch die Kandidaten
06:16um die EU
06:18und um diese Erlangehung.
06:19Präsident,
06:20du bist auf die Regionen
06:22Du warst in Serbien,
06:24du sprach mit
06:25dem Serbischen Präsidenten
06:26Aleksandr Vucic.
06:27Natürlich,
06:28das ist ein Land
06:29fundamental,
06:30wenn man die
06:31Balkans betrachten,
06:32die Kommission
06:32sagt,
06:33dass nicht nur
06:34der Prozess
06:34nicht weitergeht,
06:36sondern es ist
06:36sehr stark
06:37zurückhaltend,
06:37in Fragen
06:38wie die Judische,
06:40die Medien.
06:40die Medien.
06:41Das sind die
06:42wichtige Punkte
06:42der Demokratie.
06:43Was war
06:43dein
06:44Ein-on-Wun-Wun-Wun-Wun-Wun-Wun-Wun-Wun-Wun-Wun-Wun-Wun-Wun?
06:47Ich glaube,
06:48nach Januar zurückgezogen haben,
06:49aber jetzt
06:51sie verändern.
06:53Ich glaube,
06:54sie werden es tun.
06:55Sie werden es tun,
06:56und sie
06:57vollständig
06:58zu
06:59comply
07:00mit den
07:01Rekommendungen
07:02von der
07:03Veneer Kommission.
07:04Die Veneer Kommission
07:06wird am nächsten
07:0712 Juni
07:09und nachdem
07:11sie werden
07:12die neue
07:13Veränderungen
07:13zu korrigieren,
07:14was sie gemacht haben,
07:17in der letzten
07:18Januar,
07:18auf der Judische.
07:19Und Sie glauben,
07:20dass der Präsident
07:20Wurzhard will es
07:22diese Zeit um?
07:22Weil einige sagen,
07:23dass es viele
07:24Prozesse gemacht haben,
07:25aber tatsächlich nicht
07:26wurden.
07:26Wenn Sie mit ihm
07:28dass es Ihnen jetzt
07:30muss.
07:31Es ist nicht eine
07:32Sache.
07:32Es ist sehr einfach.
07:34Sie wissen,
07:35was sie müssen
07:36und wir sind hier
07:38verifizieren,
07:39ob sie das oder
07:39nicht.
07:40Wenn sie das,
07:41wir gehen,
07:42Wenn sie nicht,
07:43wir sind noch
07:44blockiert.
07:44Meine
07:45Meinung ist,
07:45dass es ein Problem
07:48mit dem
07:50Körper,
07:50die
07:51die Freiheit
07:54der Presse
07:56Das ist
07:57ein
07:58Prozess
07:58mit der
07:59Gesellschaften
08:00und mit der
08:00Regierung.
08:01Und
08:01nur
08:04ein
08:05wichtiger Punkt.
08:06von
08:09Ukraine und
08:11Moldova
08:11und
08:12Moldova
08:12ihre
08:13Gespräche.
08:15Jetzt
08:16Hungary
08:16hat das
08:17Veto.
08:18Was bedeutet das
08:19für die Europäische Union
08:20und für die drei
08:21Länder?
08:21Ich denke,
08:22es ist sehr wichtig,
08:23für die
08:24bilateralen
08:25zwischen
08:26Ungarn und
08:27Ukraine.
08:27und
08:28der
08:29Prime Minister
08:30Magyar
08:30erinnert,
08:31dass sie in drei
08:33Wochen
08:33sind,
08:35drei
08:35dass sie
08:36die Veto
08:38und wir
08:39können
08:39weitergehen.
08:40und
08:40wir sind sehr
08:41advanced.
08:42Ich glaube,
08:44dass es
08:44möglich
08:44zu öffnen,
08:45und
08:45gleichzeitig
08:46zu öffnen,
08:46zu öffnen,
08:48weil sie
08:49bereits
08:49haben,
08:50was sie
08:51müssen.
08:51zu öffnen.
08:54Das ist ein
08:55Symbolik
08:56Moment für
08:56Ukraine.
08:57Das
08:57ist ein
08:58Symbolik
08:58für
08:58drei Jahre.
08:59Wenn es
09:00passiert,
09:00das ist
09:01etwas
09:03Neues.
09:03Was
09:04das
09:04bedeutet,
09:04dass es
09:05die
09:05Union
09:06geht?
09:06Ich glaube,
09:14wir
09:14nicht
09:15müssen
09:15die
09:16Unanimität
09:16zu öffnen,
09:17die
09:18die
09:18Unanimität
09:18die
09:19und
09:19die
09:19Unanimität
09:19zu öffnen,
09:20Unanimität
09:21zu öffnen,
09:24die
09:26anderen
09:27Ländern
09:34an
09:37Prozess.
09:37Es ist
09:38sehr
09:38positiv,
09:39dass
09:40Magyar
09:41das
09:41klar
09:42ist,
09:43dass
09:43die
09:45neue
09:45politik
09:47in
09:48Ungarn
09:49und
09:49die
09:50neue
09:51Attitüte
09:51in
09:52der
09:53Europäische
09:53Union.
09:53Die
09:55Unanimität
09:55mit
09:56Viktor
09:56Orbán
09:57hat
09:57gesagt,
09:58dass
09:58niemand
09:58kann
09:58den
09:59Europäischen
09:59Council
10:00erinnert.
10:01Wenn
10:04Viktor
10:04Orbán
10:05glaubte
10:06dass
10:07jemand
10:11erinnert,
10:12dass
10:14den
10:14Europäischen
10:15Council
10:16erinnert,
10:16dass
10:22ihn
10:23die
10:50EU
10:51erinnert,
10:53and the Western Balkans gathering here on an important day with Montenegro
10:57because, as I say, multiple diplomats from this country insisting,
11:00talking to you and you're saying this will be 28 by 28, 28 member states by 2028.
11:06And you saw from that interview with the head of the European Council,
11:10Antonia Kostad, telling us this is a merit-based process.
11:13It will always be, but some of those rules need to be simplified.
11:17Picking up on that point, the French and the Germans now laying out the scene
11:21for a discussion today here in which they will, quote,
11:24quote, call for a more structured, gradual integration of these candidates
11:29to motivate them to reform.
11:31The more they do, the more progress they make, the more benefits diplomats say
11:35they will be able to tap, including, by the way, access to the single market.
11:39And that is key because the single market is the moneymaker for the European Union.
11:44Just very briefly, for our viewers, the leaders confirmed to participate.
11:49The Serbian president, there was a lot of speculation as to whether or not
11:52Aleksandar Vucic would join the summit.
11:55We are told he is here.
11:56He landed yesterday.
11:57The leader who will not be in there.
11:59There was also speculation about him is the new Hungarian Prime Minister, Peter Magyar.
12:03We're not expecting him to participate at the summit.
12:06But, of course, he is one of the big protagonists
12:07with that breakthrough over with Ukraine, Maeve.
12:11Okay, Maria Steyo, thank you so much for that live broadcast there.
12:14And, of course, for more of Maria's reporting there on the ground,
12:16you can visit Euronews.com or keep an eye on Euronews TV
12:19for her various interviews throughout the day.
12:21But now we can actually zoom into more about why the Western Balkans
12:25are so strategically important for Brussels.
12:27Our reporter, Jakub Janus, has this report.
12:32Top EU chiefs are gathering in TIVAT, Montenegro for the EU Western Balkans Summit.
12:38And Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Kosovo
12:44are at various stages of trying to join the bloc.
12:47And that's cool, but your reporter is curious.
12:49With the EU already struggling to manage 27 member states,
12:53what's the point of Brussels pushing for enlargement right now?
12:58Let's see them up, because geographically, the region is completely surrounded by the EU.
13:03And for nearly two decades, a period of relative calm kept enlargement on the back burner.
13:09But Russia's invasion of Ukraine shattered that piece,
13:12turning EU expansion into a critical security priority.
13:16But it's also about money.
13:18Look, the EU is already the region's primary trading partner and investor.
13:21And only last year, the total trade reached over 87 billion euros.
13:27And we're talking about a massive two-way exchange of heavy machinery,
13:30chemicals and metals flowing back and forth across the border.
13:34And hear me out on that.
13:36The EU exported far more than it imported, running a handsome profit.
13:40Yet, the EU is not the only power eyeing the region.
13:43Oh, no.
13:44Brussels faces immense outside pressure,
13:46because Moscow, Beijing and Washington are all actively competing for strategic influence there.
13:52So if Europe leaves power vacuum on its doorstep,
13:56others will gladly fill it.
13:57And the region has already become a new front line for geopolitical tensions.
14:02It is most visible in Serbia,
14:03where the government refuses to align with EU sanctions against Moscow.
14:07Finally, EU capitals fear adding more nations will paralyze decision-making
14:12under the current voting rules.
14:14This is why Albania and Serbia proposed a face-integration,
14:18temporarily waiving their veto rights just to get through the door.
14:21And as European Council Chief Antonio Costa travels around the region,
14:25Brussels is no longer driven by an idealistic dream of European unity.
14:29This is a cold calculation to secure borders.
14:32Because if the EU doesn't act,
14:34the alternative is a region politically dependent on Russia,
14:38economically reliant on Chinese investment,
14:40or potentially turned into the 51st state of the US.
14:44As it was already suggested with Greenland,
14:46or Iceland,
14:47or Canada.
14:48I mean, you get the point.
14:55Jakob Yanis there on the high stakes of that EU Western Balkan summit
14:58that comes as protesters are flocking to the streets of neighbouring Albania
15:02to speak out against the construction of a $1.6 billion luxury resort
15:06backed by President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
15:09More on that story on euronews.com.
15:12But now, Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky
15:14has sent an open letter to the Russian President.
15:17In it, he says that Vladimir Putin is under pressure from his own people.
15:21He calls for a one-on-one meeting to end the war.
15:24The letter arrived as Putin was answering questions from the press in St. Petersburg.
15:28For more, we can bring in our Ukraine correspondent,
15:31Sasha Vakilina, who's on the move today.
15:32Good morning, Sasha.
15:33Thanks for joining us.
15:34It's quite an interesting read.
15:35Tell us more about this letter and what exactly prompted it.
15:40Absolutely, Maeve.
15:42In an unprecedented step, for the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine,
15:47over four years ago, Vladimir Zelensky released the first open letter to Putin,
15:54addressing Russian President directly and personally with a very clear message,
16:00quote, the choice is yours now.
16:03Enough of war.
16:04Ukraine proposes to end this war.
16:07I am proposing a meeting, Zelensky said.
16:11Now, he also provided more details about the possible venue for the meeting.
16:14He said that Vladimir Putin spent over half of his 26 years term as the leader of Russia
16:20waging the war against Ukraine.
16:21And therefore, there is nothing for Ukraine's president to do in Moscow,
16:25same way as there is nothing for Russian president to do in Kiev.
16:28Therefore, Zelensky said that the meeting could possibly take place in our mediating countries.
16:33That could be Switzerland, that could be Turkey, or that could be some of the Middle Eastern countries, he said.
16:39Now, Zelensky also commented on who else could be participating in this meeting, in this talk.
16:44He said that he would want to see the United States participating there because he said Washington is the one
16:49who can guarantee
16:49and participate in building the new security architecture in this part of the world.
16:54But also, he said, since the war is taking place in Europe, Zelensky believes that Europe has to be at
17:01that negotiating table
17:02and has to be present at the future meeting.
17:06But the message there, Maeve, is clear.
17:08He clearly and openly told Vladimir Putin, you can stop your war.
17:13Okay, Sasha, Vakilina, thank you so much for that live update there.
17:18Now, the ongoing war in Ukraine, confrontations with China over trade,
17:22a more hostile US that no longer shares the interests of the EU and Europe's innovation problems.
17:27Just a glimpse of some of the serious matters being discussed today and yesterday
17:31at the Brussels Economic Security Conference hosted by the European Policy Centre.
17:35Our correspondent, Shona Murray, has been covering the event and moderating it as well
17:39and joins us now live this morning.
17:41Good morning, Shona. Just tell us what's on the agenda today.
17:46Well, good morning, Maeve. As we know, as you mentioned there,
17:48Europe is facing so many challenges on various fronts, not least, of course, the war in Ukraine
17:53and the urgent need for Europe to step up in investment when it comes to security and defence.
17:59We also have an acknowledgement across Europe and in Brussels here
18:02that the US is no longer the reliable partner it used to be.
18:05So there needs to be a move away from interdependence with Chinese and United States tech.
18:10There's also overcapacity when it comes to Chinese exports.
18:14So in order to face these challenges, there needs to be massive scaling up of investment
18:19because as we heard from the famous Mario Draghi report, Europe could be in mortal danger.
18:24And in order to speak about this, I'm joined by Nadia Calvino,
18:27President of the European Investment Bank.
18:29You're very welcome. Tell us, first of all, the AIB has really changed in the last couple of years
18:35because of the war in Ukraine and has started to invest, for example, in security and defence,
18:39something that would have been maybe unheard of 10 years ago.
18:43Absolutely. 2025 has been a game changer for the AIB in this area.
18:47We have expanded the scope of the activities we finance so that now we are financing pure military
18:53as well as funds and companies that are active in all areas of defence.
18:57And we have also increased the ceilings for this investment.
19:01So the investment has multiplied times four.
19:04And we are on track to meet our target this year of financing 5% of our total finance in
19:10the EU,
19:10devoting it to security and defence.
19:12And it's not, I suppose, direct kinetic goods that you're investing in, is it?
19:17Or how do you sort of get away with not providing directly bullets and guns and so on?
19:22What kind of investment in defence and so on?
19:25Well, Europe has massive needs.
19:27And the European Investment Bank is uniquely placed to finance large-scale infrastructures with long-term loans,
19:34also research and development, large-scale programmes of leading companies,
19:38Thales or Indra in Europe, for example.
19:41Industrial capacity, we are financing quantum systems production of drones
19:46and also financing small-sized companies that are supplying in the supply chain of large European contractors
19:53and the emerging ecosystem of private venture capital funds that are specialising in this area.
19:59Actually, in 2026, we're going to launch a new wave of financing capital injections in this area of investment funds.
20:06I mean, also, since the war in Ukraine, we've also noticed, I mean, not noticed,
20:10it's been a major issue as Europe's energy dependence on Russia initially,
20:14but also the implications of the closure of the Strait of Ormuz getting gas and oil to the European continent.
20:20Tell us about the plans for Europeans' energy independence.
20:25Well, I think that in the last years in the war in Ukraine and now the escalation of the conflict
20:29in the Middle East
20:30send a very clear message to Europe, and that is we need to break free from our dependence on fossil
20:35fuels.
20:36It's clear.
20:37And the European Investment Bank, being the climate bank, is very well placed
20:42and is actually financing large-scale infrastructures, for example, greets, interconnected.
20:47Half of the projects ongoing in Europe are financed by the EIB.
20:50Also, we're financing energy efficiency for SMEs, research and development of new fuels,
20:57clean tech autonomy and Europe's strategic autonomy and economic security in this area, solar, wind.
21:04And we are very well placed, I think.
21:06And what we see is also that there is a strong demand for EIB financing in this area.
21:12So I think that we will also hit a record this year in terms of financing for the clean transition
21:17to make it a European success.
21:19And the other piece that we heard from the European Commission this week is around tech sovereignty
21:22and the need for the EU and Europe to have its own access to the tech sector and tech services
21:28because of concerns around security.
21:30And that is going to be requiring massive scale-up on investment.
21:33Tell us about the plans for that and how quickly they can be done.
21:37Yeah, absolutely.
21:38Europe needs to have technological leadership and also autonomy
21:41when it comes to key components of these solar and wind infrastructures, for example.
21:47In that sense, we are moving quite fast.
21:49Only earlier this week, I was in Spain.
21:52We signed an important financing agreement for the research program of a company called Inge Team,
21:57present everywhere around the world, that produces solar inverters.
22:01And that allows us to scale up Europe's capacity in an area which is quite critical for the solar panel
22:08deployment.
22:09So from the European Investment Bank, we are supporting the approach of the European Commission
22:14and accompanying and joining the European Commission in ensuring that Europe becomes independent,
22:19not only when it comes to the fuel supply, but also when it comes to the technologies and industrial capacity.
22:24Okay, Nadia Calvino, and you'll be speaking later on in the next hour or so here at the Brussels Economic
22:28Security Forum.
22:29Thank you very much for joining us on Euronews.
22:30Back to you, Maeve.
22:32Thank you so much, Shona Murray, and of course to Nadia Calvino, the head of the EIB there.
22:36And thank you so much for tuning in to us this morning on Europe Today.
22:39For more news and analysis on that EU Western Balkan summit taking place in Tivat, Montenegro today,
22:45do stay with us here on Euronews or visit Euronews.com for longer reads.
22:49Take care.
22:50Thanks so much for tuning in and see you soon on Euronews.
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